5th grade Weather and Climate

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What is the weather conditions in an area over a long period of time?

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climate

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Changes from minute-to-minute, hour-to-hour, day-to-day

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Weather

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What climate does a desert have? Tropical, Polar, Arid/Dry, Temperate

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Arid/Dry

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Antarctica is cold all the time. What is its climate?

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Polar

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True or false: The tropics are the region around the equator, where the weather is hot and humid.

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true

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What are the characteristics of the temperate zone?

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moderate climate neither hot or cold

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The process that turns liquid water on Earth's surface into water vapor in the atmosphere, marking the first step of what?

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water cycle

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What is the definition of prevailing winds?

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the wind that most frequently blows across a particular region

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true or false: A tropical cyclone is a intense rainstorm with strong winds that forms over tropical oceans

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true

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What is the definition of a biome?

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it is a region made up of similar ecosystems and communities of plants and animals